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In this session, Yannick Ferrero, SVP Digital Distribution at Hasbro Entertainment, Anthony Layser, Executive Director, Content Acquisitions & Programming Strategy at Xumo, Paul Hastings, SVP Global Sales at Whip Media, and David Urgell, MD and founder of Neosmedia Consulting, together with Marion Ranchet of The Local Act Consultancy, explored the importance of ...

Rob Pilgrim, Head of Sport & Primetime Channels at YouTube, believes YouTube and Traditional Media organisations are better together. This presentation shared how companies in the room can leverage the latest product changes to reach new audiences and grow their businesses through the platform. Rob also talked about ...

In this fascinating session, Cyrus Saihan, Head of AR/VR/Metaverse Partnerships at Meta, talked to Gulliver Smithers, member of multiple boards and former SVP Technology & Product at Sony Pictures Entertainment, about the evolution of the Metaverse, its key building blocks, current developments and trends and the opportunities it ...

The last couple of years have seen seismic change in the streaming landscape, with mergers, competing platforms and changing business models. How does a speciality service drive forward and what are the tools to continue to rise above the crowd? Kerry Ball, Chief Commercial & Strategy Officer for BritBox ...

With 180 million TV households, 538m smartphone users, 1.2 billion telecoms subscriptions and an M&E sector worth 2.1 trillion INR (or 26.2 bn US dollars), India is surely one of the most fascinating and diverse OTT markets in the world. In this fireside chat, Neeraj Arora, Head of International ...

During this fireside chat, Jonas Engwall, CEO of Bedrock Streaming, together with Andrew Ladbrook, Head of Strategy at Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates, discussed the increasing complexity of OTT revenue streams and the need for broadcasters to continually adapt to the latest innovations to ensure profitability.         ...

Jacob Bridges, Managing Director of NOW, talks to ex-BBC journalist Peter Nunn about his first six months in the role. He also tells us about the trends in the streaming industry he’s seeing and the role of Sports on NOW.                

Maureen Kerr, Partner at Arthur D Little, talked to an all-star panel about how AI will affect the OTT industry across its various sub-sectors. Gulliver Smithers, former SVP Product & Technology at Sony Pictures Entertainment, Maria Ingold, founder & CEO of Mireality, Joe Ward, CEO of EDGE and Kristan Bullett, founder ...

In this Q&A session, Deep Bagchee, Chief Product Officer at ITV, talked to Renato Bonomini, VP Sales Engineering at ContentWise about ITVX’s evolving journey in viewer engagement, product development, and monetisation. Key topics included the uses of personalisation in user engagement and retention, measuring the success of personalisation, vendor-provider ...

Continuing the ITV fest on Morning 2 of Day 2 of OTT Question Time Live 2024, Rhys McLachlan, Director of Advanced Advertising at ITV, talked to Marion Ranchet, MD & Founder of Local Act Consultancy, about the broadcaster's journey from legacy broadcaster to an end-to-end content production, ad-ops, ...

2024 is going to be a huge year for Warner Bros Discovery and streaming, with Max successfully launched in the U.S. in 2023 and further strengthened with the addition of live sports and news. Next, Max is set to roll out in LATAM, EMEA and APAC starting this ...

With almost 40m households and more than 500 TV channels, Germany is one of the biggest and most diversified TV markets in the world. Add to this a booming OTT scene (40+ streaming services), a growing trend toward cord-cutting (nearly 8% of households now exclusively access TV via ...

Ben Keen, OTT expert and member of multiple industry boards, gave us a provocative perspective on the dynamics of the global market; calling out the winner of the Streaming Wars and the opportunities arising from ‘glocalisation’ of content.

Pay models - AVOD, SVOD, hybrids - had already been discussed a few times at OTT Question Time Live 2024 by the time we got to this session on Day 2 so we pivoted to exploring the introduction of ad tiers on Netflix and Amazon Prime and their ...

With the focus more than ever on growing sustainable streaming services, what different tactics should we use to acquire new audiences in an increasingly competitive market, and extend the time they spend with us? How can we grow the top of the funnel and then optimise it to ...

Katie Coteman, GVP, Head of Ad Sales & Partnerships at Warner Bros. Discovery spoke to Lydia Fairfax, MD and Founder of Triple Crown Consulting, about WBD’s ad sales offering in the UK & Ireland. Focused on discovery+, the conversation explored the rise of SAVoD services, the importance of relevancy ...

In this session, our moderator, Kasia Jablonska, Director of Digital & On-Demand at BBC Studios, played devil’s advocate with her panellists and asked whether FAST really can and does work as a monetisation strategy for broadcasters, content owners and streamers. Together with Stephen Byrne, CEO Nordics & VP Partnership Development ...

In this fireside chat, Lisa Rousseau, Head of Amazon Freevee UK, discussed the growing free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) Channel offering from Amazon, why customers are so drawn to this “live” experience in a world of on-demand, and the future vision for FAST Channels on the service. The conversation ...